April 29, 2024 | Pam Cox to Speak at LESI 2024 | Madrid, Spain
Partner and Chair of IP Transactions at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, Pamela Cox, Co-Founder and Chair of Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA) will speak during the LESI 2024 Annual Conference.
Pam will join Adam Rattray of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, John Ritter of Princeton University, Linda Kawano of GroupOptima, James Sobieraj of Crowell & Moring, Charles Valauskas of Valauskas Corder LLC, Eric Napoli of AirHelp and Carolina Pina of Telecom Garrigues to present a mock mediation between a university and a business in a patent, know-how and trademark license dispute. The session will cover key concepts and best practices for mediation and detail why mediation should be considered as part of any business’ dispute resolution policy. In Pam’s role as External Legal Counsel, she will assert that a license agreement was breached and infringes on trade secret and trademark rights. The dispute will be resolved through the WIPO Mediation process.
Pam together with Tatiana Campello of Demarest Advogados will moderate a thought-provoking panel discussion on the synergy between women and technology as part of the WILA Panel and Networking Event. Speakers Ana Amélia Araripe Montenegro of Braskem S.A., Ana García Poyo of Bitsphi Diagnosis and Claudia Silva Oliveira of Vale Holdings B.V. will share their experiences and lessons for female entrepreneurs. Pam will also present the WILA year in review specifically highlighting the speaker series, regional ambassadors and the mentor program headed by Judith Miller of Wrays Lawyers.
Pam was interviewed by LESI Executive Director Dana Robert Colarulli along with LESI Board of Director's Secretary Tatiana Campello to detail a preview of the WILA Panel and Networking Event.
Learn more about the LESI Annual Conference taking place from April 28 – April 30, 2024 in Madrid, Spain.
A long-time active supporter of advancing the licensing profession and governance, Pam Cox is Past Corporate Secretary and six-year Member of the Board of the Licensing Executive Society International (LESI), Co-Founder and Chair of the Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA), Founder of LESI Life Science Advisory Board, and former Vice-Chair of External Relations Committee, Chair of LESI Life Science Committee, International Delegate for LES USA-Canada and Chair of the LES USA/Canada Chicago Chapter. Pam is the former President of the Certified Licensing Professionals, Inc., and multi-term former Member of the Board. Pam is in her 10th year as an adjunct professor in Intellectual Property Licensing at Northwestern School of Law.
As a patent attorney who has worked in-house, Pam’s IP transactions practice focuses on unraveling complex deal structures and devising creative agreement solutions as well as protection, and dispute resolution for clients ranging from multinational corporations to non-profit institutions.